Infosecurity News
Reported HMRC-Branded Phishing Scams Grew by 87% During COVID-19
Phishing scams impersonating the UK’s tax, payments and customs authority surge
Mercedes Benz Data Leak Includes Card and Social Security Details
Customer data was exposed via an insecure cloud storage service
Sensitive Defense Documents Found at Bus Stop
UK's Ministry of Defence launches investigation after worrying discovery
Former Health Secretary Faces Probe Over Use of Personal Emails
Experts say move could have exposed UK government to increased cyber-risk
Young Americans Twice as Likely to Cyber-stalk
Gen Z and Millennials more likely than those aged over 40 to cyber-stalk exes and current partners
FIN7 Pen Tester to Serve Seven Years
US sends down high-level member of hacking group behind $1bn card-stealing scheme
World’s Largest E-tailers to be Investigated Over Fake Reviews
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority announces probe into how Amazon and Google combat fake reviews
AWS BugBust Aims to Fix One Million Vulnerabilities Globally
Cloud giant wants to save $100 million in technical debt
Newly Discovered Dell Bugs Impact 30 Million PCs
Four vulnerabilities could enable complete remote control of 129 models
Cloud Database Exposes 800M+ WordPress Users' Records
Misconfiguration at hosting provider DreamHost led to the privacy breach
Cyber-stalker Blackmailed Nebraska Legislature Candidate’s Wife
Nebraskan found guilty of sending indecent images and threatening emails to Diane Parris
Data Breach at WorkForce West Virginia
Mountain State governor confirms data breach impacting jobseekers’ database
Linguist Jailed for Sharing US Defense Secrets
Defense Department employee who passed secrets to Hizballah is sentenced to 23 years in prison
Google Pushes Back Cookie Removal Plans to 2023
Google's plan to deprecate third-party tracking cookies from its Chrome browser delayed to 2023
Ransomware Attacks Decline as Gangs Focus on Lucrative Targets
The volume of ransomware attacks fell by 50% in Q1 2021, with a shift to targeting fewer, larger targets
Ransom Leak Sites Reveal 422% Annual Increase in Victims
News comes as most infosec professionals want to see ransom payments banned
Nuisance Call Company Fined £130,000 After Eight-Month Blitz
East Sussex-based firm made nearly one million unwanted calls
Cyber-Attacks Are Primary Funding Source for North Korea
Venafi warns other sanctioned countries could follow suit
Anti-virus Pioneer John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison Cell
McAfee, of the antivirus firm that bore his name, allegedly committed suicide while in holding awaiting extradition to the U.S. for tax evasion
Mr. Double’s Operator Jailed
Prison for Texan behind website that published stories describing the torture and murder of children
